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A Spanish social media influencer has recalled a horrifying encounter with a wild elephant while on a safari in Africa. <\/p>\n
While on a visit to Kenya, Ely Fern\u00e1ndez, who goes by @ely_traveler on TikTok got too close to a herd of elephants that had wandered into a hotel car park.<\/p>\n
While her partner filmed, the woman followed a worker at the hotel up a small hill nearby for a better look at the three elephants. <\/p>\n
Suddenly, one of the giant animals rushed at the veterinarian and tried to make a gate away but stumbled and fell.<\/p>\n
In a sudden moment, Ms Fern\u00e1ndez found herself at the mercy of the rampaging elephant.<\/p>\n
Read More <\/strong> Moment plane ‘full of Wagner mercenaries’ erupts into fireball during landing<\/strong><\/p>\n Crawling into a ball, she urged the elephant to go away.<\/p>\n The creature reportedly circled her before lashing out with a massive leg which the left the influencer battered and bruised.<\/p>\n She said: “The man kept running and I stayed there. The only thing I could think of was to stay on the ground, curl up into a ball and say, ‘For God’s sake don’t smash my head in.<\/p>\n “He gave me the beating of my life. A kick on one side and a kick on the other.”<\/p>\n